Enabling parental controls and keeping icons on desktop

I turn on parental controls and after logging out and back in the app icons on the desktop all disappear and I can't find them anywhere. Any thoughts?

Hi, every user's Desktop is different & Unique.
Check the preferences & see if you chose Simple Finder for instance, & which apps the Managed account is allowed to use.

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Rather than using AIM (and it's slowness), I was hoping to be able to use Bonjour on our internal network (which is firewalled and, obviously, not a threat) to chat/audio conference with our youngest.
I used the parental control to limit his AIM partners to the family but still wanted to allow him to talk on our network in the house. Unfortunately, when I go into iChat via his account the "using Bonjour instant messaging" is grayed out.
I tried turning it on in iChat on his account, going to my admin account and THEN enabling parental control, and trying again but no dice.
Any ideas?
Sure would be nice for home networks to have the option to iChat with everyone at Bonjour vs. AIM speeds (doubly so if you are on dialup!).

hi James,
Well I read this and thought "he can't be right" ?
So I went to test
Enabled Parental Controls and for iChat and Added one AIM/@mac buddy.
Looked for ability to add Bonjur or Jabber accounts but found nothing
Went to log in to that account.
Check to see if Bonjour window was available. Nope.
Checked iChat Preferences >Accounts and could not select Bonjour.
Took off Parental Controls - Appears in iChat, Bonjour and Jabber windows.
Selecting and deselecting Parental Control Logs iChat in and out of AIM.
I must admit to thinking this is a big Opps by Apple
Ralph

Mac 10.5 Parental Controls and ASR= Lockup *Problem*

I'm a lab admin at a school and trying to upgrade the OS in my lab (all Macbooks) to 10.5. I made an image with 4 accounts and on the "student" account I used the built in Parental Controls to limit the user.
I used ASR to image 3 machines as a test run for the rest of the lab to make sure that I wasn't going to have any hick-up's.
On all three of the machines the "student" account locks up when you attempt to log-in. (i.e. you get the log-in screen, click on the "student" account, and the computer will not respond.)
I am able to log-in to the other accounts I created so I deleted the "student" account and made a new "student" account with the Parental Controls enabled. After logging out of the admin account and attempting to log-in to the new account I received the same results (the computer locks up).
I deleted that account and attempted to enable Parental Controls on one of the other working accounts that I had originally set up. I received the same results.
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>I know you don't work for Adobe, but have you heard from an Adobe technician saying that they are aware of this problem for the Mac
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Hi Desperata,
Thanks for visiting Apple Support Communities.
If you're not able to view web pages in Safari, first reset the program. From the main Safari menu, choose Reset Safari.
I'd recommend choosing "Remove all website data." See this article for an explanation of the other options in the Reset Safari menu:
Safari 6 (OS X Mountain Lion): Reset Safari
http://support.apple.com/kb/ph11914
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Jeremy

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I would like to disable the Music Controls and Camera icon that appear on the lock screen. Is there a way to do this? I believe this new functionality is causing battery issus with my iPhone 4.
Any advice / information is appreciated!
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Rick

rockmyplimsoul wrote:
RPPonti wrote:
I would like to disable the Music Controls and Camera icon that appear on the lock screen. Is there a way to do this? I believe this new functionality is causing battery issus with my iPhone 4.
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How do i reset my mac completely? I have parental controls and cant seem to get to time machine cause i bought the computer with parental controls on it and they did not have the password. How do i completely reset my macbook pro?

how do i reset my mac completely? I have parental controls and cant seem to get to time machine cause i bought the computer with parental controls on it and they did not have the password. How do i completely reset my macbook pro?

If you have a rescue email address (which is not the same thing as an alternate email address) on your account then the steps on this page will give you a reset link on your account : http://support.apple.com/kb/HT6170
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I used the parental controls and now safari won't appear on the children's desktop.

Can anybody help please?? I created a separate user account for my children so I could control their time on the computer as well as what websites they visit and now when they log in, Safari is not present on their dashboard nor can they access the internet. Anybody have any ideas?
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Sharon...
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Tony

HT1904 parental controls and shared libraries

We're slowly migrating towards having all our music and movies in iTunes.
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It seems that the parental controls only apply to iTunes store, not the iTunes library?
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Added parental controls and computer now a black screen

I put parental controls on my son's macbook pro and the next day the computer is a black screen. What happened? I can't turn the computer off or get back to the desktop. Any suggestions?

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Enabling parental controls and keeping icons on desktop

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